Device



Jan. 15, 1929.

J. S. HUNTER LARD REFINING'rv DEVICE Filed- March 25, 1927 INVENTOR J J:hu/v r0? ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 15, 1929',

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LAID-DEFINING DEVICE.

* a Application ma run; 25,1927. Serial no. 170,301.

My invention relates to improvements in lardrefining devices, and itconsists in the combinations, constructions, and arrangements hereindescribed andclaimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a. lard refining device withwhich lard may be refined more rapidly and with less manual labor.

A further object of my. invention is to provide a device of the typedescribed with which the operation of refining lard is more thorough anduniform;

- A further ob'ect of my invention is to provide'a device-o the typedescribed which reduces the'risk of contamination to a minipanyingdrawings, forming part of this ap-' plication, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of my device, lsdigure 2 is an end elevation of mydevice, an v I Figure 3 is a section along the line 8-3 of Figure 1. y

In carrying out m mvention, I rovide a chamber or'receptac e 1 having a.ttom 2,

- a front wall 23 a rear wall 4, and taperin side walls an A lard inletpipe Sexten s throu h the bottom 2 and communicates with t e interior ofthe rece tacle 1.- A valve. 9 is hingedly secured to t e bottom 2 at 10and adapted to swin into and out of engagement with the opemng of thelard inlet pipe 8. Y

A water inlet pipe 11 asses throu h the rear wall 4 ad'acent the ttom 2an com: municates wit an annular water which surrounds'the opening ofthe ard inlet 8. The annular water pipe 12 is provided with a'pluralityof outlet openings 18 equally spaced around the upper surface thereof. Aa. I

An auxiliary water inlet 14 extends through the rear wall 4substantially adjacent the upper extremity thereof and commumu cle 1.

cates with the inner portion of the recepta- The front wallitextendaupwardly tea se e may point indicated at 15 which is a short dis tancefrom the upper extremities of the side walls 5 and 6. A chute or trough16 is provided with a bottom portion 17 which is secured to the frontwall 3,-and side walls 18 which are secured to 'theside walls 5 and 6 ofthe receptacle 1. .A container 19, such-as is removably disposed awagonor the like, beneath the chute 16. .v y From the foregoingdescription of the va- .rious parts of the device, the operation thereofmay be readil understood. The receptacle 1 is first fille with coldwater. This cold water ma be forced into thereceptacle through e1ther-orboth the water pipes 11 or 14. Melted lard is then forced through thelard inlet pipe 8 past the valve 9 and into the receptacle 1. As themelted lard strikes the cold water, the lard forms into a multiplicityof small flakes. In this manner,

soluble impurities are removed from the lardandreceived by the water.The water in its continuous flow through the water'inlet pipes 11, 12and It carries the flakes of lard from the receptacle 1 through thechute 16 and into the container 19. The water enteringthe receptaclethrough the inlet pipe 14 forces thi fliikes of lard toward the chute16,

c aim:

A-lard coolin and washin device comprising a receptac e, a lard in atpipe com the water.

municating with said receptacle, a valvedis posed in said receptacle andin-communicas gtionwith said lard inlet pipe, an annular 6. Thereceptacle 1 1s mounted upon any suitable support indicated at 7.

water inlet pipe disposed n said rece tacle concentric wit said ardinlet pipe an provided with a plurality of openings, and a relativelywide downwardl extending chute rigidly secured adjacent t e top of-saidrecap-- plying cold water to'said recepta'cle,-a valve I sed in saidreceptacle normally closing sai inlet pipe and arm whereby pasa chutecarried by said receptacle'for directing water and lard therefrom andhaving its upper end secured adjacent the top thereof, an auxiliarywater inlet pipe disposed on the side of thereceptacle opposite the uper end of said chute w ereby the lard may forced made throug saidinletpipe on y inthe direction towards the receptac e,

l0 let pipe for forcing cold water into said refrom said receptacle intoengagement with said chute, and means for receiving the lard from thechute.

3. A lard cooling and washing device comprising a receptacle having arelatively large bottom portion tapering into a relatively narrow topportion, an inlet pipe communicating with said receptacle for allowingmelted lard to pass therethrough into said receptacle, meanssubstantially surrounding said inceptacle for charging the melted lardinto small flakes, the flakes of lard passing to the surface of thewater in said receptacle, a

chute havingan opened top disposed in registration with. the top portionof said receptacle, a water inlet pipe disposed in communication withsaid receptacle at the top portion thereof for directing water underpressure toward the flakes of lard as they appear upon the surface ofthe water in said receptacle for forcing the flakes of lard toward and.into registration with said chute, and means disposed in engagementwith said lard inlet pipe for automatically closing said lard inlet pipewhen said lard ceasesto pass therethrough.

, JAMES S. HUNTER.

